Intel 82571EB NIC

[Jack Vogel]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 01:00:03PM +0100, Gary Wilson wrote:
>> I have been trying to determine (pre-purchasing) whether an Intel
>> 82571EB - PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adaptor will work with:
>>
>> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 i386
>>
>> I am setting up a pfsense firewall and need a fiber NIC, the current
>> documentation on 6.2R for both (i386 and ia64) mention that:
>>
>> "The em(4) driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel
>> 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB,
>> 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572 and 82573 controller chips", but this makes
>
> I see 82571 listed in the above list.  However, I'm not sure if the EB
> revision is different enough to justify separate mention.
>
> The em(4) driver does appear to have some fibre support, indicated via
> the "1000baseSX" operational mode.
>
> I've CC'd Jack Vogel, author of the em(4) driver, to confirm or deny
> support for the LC fibre model.

Yes,  it is supported although not common,  it should work no problem.

Jack